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Alex T. Dalla Piazza
Experienced Energy & Technology Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. Skilled in Natural Gas and Mining Engineering, Software Development, Machine Learning, Analytics, and Programming. Born and raised Philadelphia sports fan. Go Phillies.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. in Analytics
Atlanta, GA
2022 - 2019
Developed a user-defined anomaly detection engine with autonomous field work order creation
University of Akron
M.S. in Geoscience
Akron, OH
2016 - 2015
Thesis: Geochemistry and geomicrobiology of black manganese oxide cave deposits in Monroe and Greenbrier counties, West Virginia
President, AAPG Student Chapter
University of Pittsburgh
B.S. in Geoscience, Certificate in Mining Engineering
Pittsburgh, PA
2014 - 2010
Thesis: Hurricane Sandy Impact Analysis
Club Baseball, Ski and Board Club
Professional Experience
Data Scientist
EQT Corporation
Pittsburgh, PA
Current - 2018
- Develop and deploy predictive and prescriptive analytic solutions in the form of apps, automated scripts, and dashboards for interdepartmental use to unlock operational and economic insights.
- Create and run statistical and machine learning models; both supervised and unsupervised.
- Perform data exploration and data mining. Design and build relational database tables.
- Construct Data Pipelines using Python, R, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Synapse Analytics.
- Generate data visualizations using Microsoft Power BI, Tibco Spotfire, R Shiny, and Python Dash.
Operations Analyst
EQT Corporation
Canonsburg, PA
2018 - 2017
- Designed operational solutions by preparing and evaluating alternative configurations and programming options.
- Assembled, developed, and QA/QC’ed large, complex datasets to exploit big data, perform extensive statistical analyses, and generate predictive analytics.
- Built probabilistic production forecasts and provide project risk uncertainty and decision analyses.
Research, Development, and Optimization Engineer
Rice Energy Inc.
Canonsburg, PA
2017 - 2017
- Developed programs in R and Python to automate processes resulting in an efficiency gain of 80% and a time savings of approximately 30 hours.
- Added value of $5 MM to Texas divestiture by providing purchasing entity a thorough engineering and scientific assessment of assets.
- Managed chemical injection program and handle all chemical and bacterial analyses.
Production Engineering Technician
Rice Energy Inc.
Canonsburg, PA
2017 - 2016
- Held a less than 1.5% variance in Actual versus Nominated gas volumes for over 300 Barnett wells and provided well surveillance for more than 600 PA, OH, TX, and UT producing wells equating to 2 Bcf/d of production
- Maintained well uptime of over 99%
- Helped utilize and manage a department budget of $97 MM
- Aided in decreasing LOE (Lease Operating Expenditures) 15% YOY
- Performed cost estimates, economic analyses, and budgeting for projects
- Validated solutions obtained from rigorous optimization runs and assisted with senior management presentations
Production Engineer Intern
Rice Energy Inc.
Canonsburg, PA
2016 - 2015
- Researched plunger lift controller programming to configure open time, close time, afterflow, mandatory shut-in, and load factor configurations
- Aided the Production Engineering team in optimizing Marcellus and Utica production through the analysis of geological and petrophysical parameters
- Developed standard operating procedures for all mechanical integrity analyses to ensure wells were operating to PA and OH code
Research Experience
Graduate Research
University of Akron
Akron, OH
2016 - 2015
- Performed ESEM, XRD, IC-ICP/MS, FTIR, and LOI analyses
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Instructor of Introductory Geology Lab.
Akron, OH
2016 - 2015
- Managed geochemical and geomicrobiological research laboratory projects
- Frequently prepared, delivered, and graded laboratory assignments.
Selected Publications and Posters
Evaluation of Manganese Oxide Deposition in Cave Stream Passages, Southern West Virginia
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Denver, CO
2016
Dalla Piazza Alex, Sasowsky Ira D., Senko John, Quick Thomas J